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  • Moral stability of a warrior as a factor in securing him from moral traumatization during the emergence of a moral dilemma during hostilities

  • Received 01.02.2025,
  • Revised 25.03.2025,
  • Accepted 30.04.2025
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Vol. 20, No. 3, 2025
  • moral trauma; moral dilemma; moral stability; moral qualities of a warrior; algorithm of the ethical decision-making process
  • https://doi.org/10.33099/2617-6858-2025-85-3-167-177
  • Pages 167-177

The article examines the problem of moral stability of a warrior as a component of psychological stability. The importance of the development of the moral qualities of military personnel as a basis for the formation of moral stability is substantiated. Attention is focused on the importance of training military leaders to master the algorithm of the decision-making process in a situation of moral dilemma to protect against moral traumatization and ensure high combat activity of personnel

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